Rickie Collins

[tptcuse]

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TL;DR: It wasn't all Rickie's fault, he will probably leave after this year regardless, and don't burn Carney's redshirt.

 

[CbusCuse]

TL;DR: It wasn't all Rickie's fault, he will probably leave after this year regardless, and don't burn Carney's redshirt.

Ha. And...He was better than people think. I think his upside is mid, but you have to give him more time. To think he can't get better makes no sense.

 

[AngryOtto]

If Carney plays in 8 games this year it isn't a waste or a burn of eligibility. Next year he isn't likely to play in 5 games. And same for 2027 (assuming Angeli gets the year back). So what is the harm in having him use a year of eligibility by actually playing football? The bigger waste would be saving him this year and then having him not play the next two years.

And this is all assuming he stays here 5 years which in today's world is a huge assumption.

If carney plays and does well he is not sitting behind Angeli for 2 years. He will leave. Also I hope Angeli comes back strong but with any injury you have to wait and see.

 

[HRE Otto IV]

If carney plays and does well he is not sitting behind Angeli for 2 years. He will leave. Also I hope Angeli comes back strong but with any injury you have to wait and see.

And if he thinks he is good he will leave having never played here. Wouldn't it be better to use him this year in either case?

 

[Cuse On 3]

TL;DR: It wasn't all Rickie's fault, he will probably leave after this year regardless, and don't burn Carney's redshirt.

Thank you my good sir. Definitely not all Rickie’s fault. I agree.

 

[NashvilleOrange]

ESPN puts Rickie as #63 out of 68 Power 4 QBs

 

[Cuse On 3]

ESPN puts Rickie as #63 out of 68 Power 4 QBsView attachment 255690

This list will be more relevant two game from now

 

[CbusCuse]

ESPN puts Rickie as #63 out of 68 Power 4 QBsView attachment 255690

Hey. He’s better than 5 P4 QB’s and he’s only started 1 game.

 

[kcsu]

Agreed. I saw a video one time when offensive guru / former NFL coach Bill Walsh talked about how so many teams fall into the trap of falling in love with arm strength. At the combine [which has admittedly changed over the years], he laughed about how some teams talk themselves into QBs over dumb reasons, like a guy being able to chuck a football 50+ yards from their knees. His take was that when is a QB ever going to throw from their knees, so who cares? His other take was that yes, arm strength is somewhat important, but as long as a guy hits the minimum threshold, he sets that criteria aside and doesn't worry about it. He was much more worried about their ability to process information quickly, and accuracy in terms of short and intermediate throws.

So whenever I hear a QB described, and all anybody talks about is their arm strength, I know that it likely means that they lack their other attributes Walsh was talking about. And I think that's what we're seeing with Rickie Collins.

Joe M didnt have the strongest arm.

 

[sufandu]

Rickie was not all that far behind Angeli for QB1.

People that generally have accurate inside info have said it wasn't close.

1) First drive Rickies arm gets pulled on the pass, interception. MOSTLY not Rickies fault. I feel better after rewatching that.

Watch the safety (I don't think Rickie did). He had it read the whole way. Even without Rickie's arm getting hit, he probably makes a play on the ball.

2) Targeting/Personal Foul shot to the head of a defensless player. Flag waved off and results in Cook fumble. BS call. Not Rickies fault.

Crap call by the refs, but Rickie's inaccurate throw put Cook in a bad position. He did that a number of other times during the game, including the play where Cook nearly had his knees taken out.

5) The drive where we are driving and inside the 10, Duke blows up the play. Rickie has nobody to hand it off to and tries to break free for a run. Everyone says Rickie should have thrown it away but that was a RUN play. We surely would have gotten an illegal man down field call if he throws that. Hopefully that played into Rickies decision to keep it and try to make a play.

I agree that Duke blew it up. Maybe it was a run play, but then somebody should have clued Willis in. If they weren't faking the handoff, it was the most halfhearted attempt at taking the ball from the QB that I've ever seen. Regardless, we wouldn't have been penalized for illegal man downfield. All the lineman were no more than 3 yards past the LOS. Even if we had, it's a 5 yard loss and replay the down. Taking the sack was a 7 yard loss and we lost the down.